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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Completely normal.

He’s in there gaming and beating off. Typical for a 16 yo boy.[/quote]

No, it simply isn't except for oddball kids.

My 16 year old son and his friends all work 20-40 hours per week and hang out together on a regular basis.  No one is holed up in their bedrooms.

Stop trying to normalize this behavior. 
I'm not trying to be a jerk but it simply isn't typical and it isn't healthy.  
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Agreed. I think it’s so bizarre so many parents have convinced themselves this is normal and typical. I know a lot of teenagers and they all hang out with friends in real life. Most multiple times a week. [/quote]

You clearly don’t get it. We all want our teens hanging out with friends and involved in activities. There isn’t anybody who doesn’t want that for their kid. OObviously all kids aren’t like this for various reasons. It is not atypical for this to be the case. Why is this hard to understand???
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I don’t think you get my point either. The “this is how kids socialize now!” is what I’m referring to. Your response and the one prior are acknowledging that the situation is not ideal, even if you can’t fix it for your kids, so really aren’t what I’m talking about.

I think the parents who have convinced themselves that this is the new normal are in denial - and if you don’t even face this fact - you definitely aren’t going to help make it better.

It’s not about being smug. One of my kids is a lot less social than the other….[/quote]

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